Receiving States frequently use the public health rationale to detain and deport migrant workers with specific health statuses, such as HIV, Hepatitis C or Hepatitis B. In linking immigration policies with health status, the right to health requirements of confidentiality, counselling and referral are overlooked.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Type de document
Special Procedures' report
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
Equality & Inclusion
Health
Movement
Personnes concernées
Persons on the move
Année
2013
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2013), A/HRC/23/41, para. 34.